Bust a gut at open mike night

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell was caught with his “dumb” open at the podium of the National Governor’s Conference. He fires off some unflattering comments about Homeland Security-select Janet Napolitano. In Texas, he’s a lout. In Philadelphia, however, he’s considered Dale Carnegie or perhaps an urban Will Rogers. CNN’s Campbell Brown tears him a new one in the video.

Belly full of anger

Women and men in Britain have declared war against Roadrunner Records, which asked singer Amanda Palmer to cut scenes from her video of a soccer team’s anthem because the execs decided she was fat. She isn’t and she shrugged it off, but fans erupted. They’ve been inundating the company’s offices with pictures of their own stomachs, many of which are decorated with obscenities directed at the executives. The link is NSFW because of foul language, as is her personal blog. Fans even have a more family-friendly protest site dedicated to their cause. (Thanks to Dean for the tip)

More about Brits and jokes at the expense of the overweight

People stormed out of a children’s play after a character fired off an obscenity-laced comment about another character’s size. The director has since cut the line, but other objectional lines will remain in the play. This is another obscenity-laced link.

Smartphones can’t outsmart the economy

Research In Motion, the makers of Blackberry, can’t keep enough of their new Storm phone on the shelves, but that doesn’t mean squat to investors since the company’s finances are in such crappy state.